The nurse clarifies that a client can be diagnosed with RA when, out of the seven criteria, the client exhibits
a. two.
b. three.
c. four.
d. five.
C
To be diagnosed with RA, the client must have four of the seven criteria for several weeks. It is important to remember that RA is a clinical diagnosis. Criteria can be found in Table 77-1.
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